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09/12/2006, 2:30pm, EDT
Tuesday, September 12th
Apple debuts iTV for the living room
Apple today offered a sneak peek at its new iTV, a product designed to wirelessly stream data from a Mac or PC to the television in the living room. The iTV looks like a flatter Mac mini, and features 802.11 wireless networking with no power brick and USB 2.0 connectivity. The device includes an Ethernet port, support for HDMI, component video hookups, audio jacks, and includes a connector for optical audio. iTV is designed to wirelessly stream content from a Mac or PC to a television anywhere in the home with support for podcasts, TV shows, trailers from Apple.com, and full-length feature films now available via the iTunes Music Store. The iTV works with both Macs as well as PCs, is controlled by the familiar white remote, and is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2007 for $299. [updated | images included | photo credit Engadget]
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Still love the Tivo. No iTunes phone either. I love the Sony Ericsson W810 and 710. Was hoping from something from Apple to compete with these phones.
I think truly integrating all these media and technologies is going to be cool once Apple figures it out soon.
It will prob be something like iPod Video Express ;-)
Let's not sick that sharks, er I mean lawyers at them just yet ;-)
jwd
Time will tell if it's iTunes doing the upscale before streaming the video (that doesn't make sense..would take more bandwidth..) or the iTV...
I wish they'd include support via FW or eSATA for local storage... DVR+local storage via FW or eSATA would be even better... Prob. have to wait for v2.0 for that tho.
just my $0.02US
jwd
I am a big fan of Netflix now too...
Netflix rocks! I agree with this post & it's a great idea. If I really like the movie I'll buy it, put it on my Mac and then watch it via Front Row or whatever. Otherwise Netflix fits the bill. For everything else there's DVD+MactheRipper+Handbrake.